Suzuki Violin Book Revisions

recent changes in books with older publication dates 
BOOK 1
 
Twinkle Variations

  • Variation D is now the reinstated triplet variation
  • Variation E is now the sixteenths variation

 May Song

  • No repeat

 Happy Farmer

  • Measures 9 & 15, first two beats-bowing is a slur, not a dotted hooked bow
     

BOOK 2
Musette

  • Piece begins up-bow
  • Measure 10, fourth beat-G and F# eighth notes are slurred

Hunter Chorus

  • Measure 16 & 19, second beat-now separate eighth notes, no hooked bows.

Lully Gavotte

  • Measure 6 & 40, second beat-bowing is two up-bow staccatos, not separate bows
  • Measures 8 & 42, first beat-half note down -bow and retake for the next down-bow beat two

Beethoven Minuet

  • Measures 25 & 28, second group three connected eighth notes-now slurred, not up-bow staccato

Boccherini Minuet

  • Measure 20 - no second ending for minuet section

BOOK 3
Martini Gavotte

  • Beginning measure 72, second beat, and continuing through measure 80, first half note-slurs now connecting all notes per beat, no separate bows.

Bach Minuet

  • Minuet I and Minuet II designation
  • Minuet I, measure 1 - 16 now repeated
  • Minuet II, measures 1 - 16 now repeated
  • Minuet II, measure 15, second and third beats - now connected portato up -bows
  • Minuet II, measures 17 - 32, now repeated
  • Minuet II, measure 32, new D.C. Minuet I al Fine

Humoresque

  • Recommendations for third position throughout
  • Measure 40, only third position fingering
  • Measure 56, suggestion for harmonic

Becker Gavotte

  • Measures 26 & 42, second beat-both eighth notes now up-bow
  • Measure 50, now D.S. al Fine

Gavottes in D Major

  • Gavotte I and Gavotte II designation
  • Gavotte I now begins up bow
  • Gavotte I, measures 9 & 25 second beat, now two up -bow quarter notes
  • Gavotte I, measure 20, second beat-note is not C# (with 3rd finger) not A
  • Gavotte II, measures 7 & 9 all notes separate bow
  • Gavotte II measure 12, first beat-all eight notes slurred
  • Gavotte II, measure 12, second beat & measure 13 -last eighth note in slur now dotted
  • Gavotte II, measure 14, second beat & measure 15-all notes separate bow
  • Gavotte II, measure 15 & 16, start up-bow
  • Gavotte II, measures 19 & 20, last quarter note tied to first quarter note (Ds). Added trill on tied D, and up-bow on second quarter note C#
  • Gavotte II, measure 20 second beat & measure 21 first beat-last eighth note in slur now dotted
  • Gavotte II, measure 23, all notes separate bow
  • Gavotte II, measure 27, second beat - all eighth notes slurred
  • Gavotte II, measure 28, first beat quarter notes separate & second beat eighth notes up-bow
  • Gavotte II, measure 29, starts down-bow, all notes separate bow
  • Gavotte II, measure 30, first beat starts down-bow & second beat up-bow
  • Gavotte II, measure 31 & 32, start up-bow

Bach Bourree

  • Bourree I and Bourree II designation
  • Bourreei, measures 1, 3, 9, 17 & Bourree II, measures 10, 13-first beat eighth notes, up-bow slur & second beat quarter notes, separate bow
  • Bourree I, measure 22, last eighth note is now C not  D
  • Bourree I, measure 23, second half both beats, separate bow
  • Bourree II, measures 2, 4, 20-now E naturals not E flats
  • Bourree II, measures 7 & 23, second beat -all eighth notes slurred
  • Bourree II measures 8 & 24, now down-bow
  • Bourree II, measure 8, no C on first beat, now only B flat
  • Bourree II, measure 12, first beat-now suggested grace note D to C#, not written eighth notes.

BOOK 4
Fingerings for Seitz has changed
Add Perpetual Motion from Little Suite No. 6 by Bohm after Vivaldi, 3rd mvt.
Bach Double 2nd violin

  • Measure 12, third beat, now B, not Bb
  • Measures 29 & 84, first beat sixteenth notes separate, no slur; second beat first three sixteenth notes slurred down-bow, last sixteenth note separate up-bow.